Maia Song Contest 14

The Maia Song Contest 14 was the fourteenth edition of the Maia Song Contest. The contest was hosted by Kashykia following their win in the previous edition. The venue for the contest was the Longjäärben Amphitheatre in the capital city of Kashykia with the hosts of the show being John Krasinski, Zhanar Dugalova and Bojana Stamenov, who hosted the green-room.

Location
KYT and the MBU announced the conditions under which cities and venues could announce their interest in hosting the contest. On 12th November 2017, Kashiikit Televisoon announced that the Longjäärben Amphitheatre, located in the country's capital, would play host to the upcoming contest.


 * The host city had to be near a major airport.
 * The venue must be available for the rehearsal period before the contest and one week after the conclusion of the contest
 * The venue must not be open-air, but an air-conditioned building with a capacity of at least 10,000 and a minimum ceiling height of 15 metres (49 ft), insulated for sound and light.
 * The green room must be located as close to the arena as possible (or within it), with a capacity of 300.

Host venue

Semi-final allocations
Countries were allocated to semi-finals using pots based off of the voting patterns of the votes from the eleventh, twelfth and thirteenth edition.

Despite not being counted as being in any pot, the automatically qualified nations are still assigned a pot based off of their voting history.


 * would be in Pot A.
 * and would be in Pot B.
 * and would be in Pot E.
 * would be in Pot F.

Semi Final 1
Playlist available here. Recap available here.

Scoreboard available here.

, and  voted in this semi-final.

Semi Final 2
Playlist available here. Recap available here.

Scoreboard available here.

,, and voted in this semi-final.

Grand Final
Recap available here. Playlist available here.

A full scoreboard can be found here. Scorewiz available here.

Voting and spokespersons
All countries that participated in the last edition, or have confirmed a return, have been listed below. This list is subject to change.


 * Dawn French
 * Shereen Cutkelvin (Björnsk representative in the second edition as part of Neon Jungle)
 * Jan Böhmermann
 * Wendy Williams
 * Madonna
 * Enela Palavra (Foron representative in the eighth edition
 * Madonna
 * Enela Palavra (Foron representative in the eighth edition
 * Enela Palavra (Foron representative in the eighth edition
 * Enela Palavra (Foron representative in the eighth edition
 * Enela Palavra (Foron representative in the eighth edition
 * Enela Palavra (Foron representative in the eighth edition
 * Keaton Pierce
 * St. Vincent (Izol representative in the thirteenth edition)
 * Bouchra (Kashyk representative in the tenth edition)
 * Oonagh (Lazani representative in the seventh edition)
 * Hayley Kiyoko
 * Anastacia (Lianistani representative in the first edition & fifth edition)
 * Carla Shaw
 * Maëva Coucke
 * Jai Stevens
 * Stewen Grybb
 * Willy Moon
 * KSI
 * Ella Daniel
 * Willy Moon
 * KSI
 * Ella Daniel
 * Spirit Payton & Björk (Papavertellan representative in the thirteenth edition)
 * Jinx Monsoon
 * Elle Mills
 * Paula Deen
 * Mollie King (Samavian representative in the thirteenth edition)
 * Kevin Lieber
 * Jelena Karleuša (Uslian representative in the thirteenth edition)
 * Rebecca Mader & Maria Brink
 * Emma Ruth Rundle
 * Shoe0nHead
 * Lee Lin Chin
 * Jelena Karleuša (Uslian representative in the thirteenth edition)
 * Rebecca Mader & Maria Brink
 * Emma Ruth Rundle
 * Shoe0nHead
 * Lee Lin Chin

Other countries
Eligibility for potential participation in the Maia Song Contest requires a national broadcaster with active MBU membership that would be able to broadcast the contest. The MBU will issue an invitation of participation in the contest to all active members.

Active MBU countries

 * - On 18 November 2017, it was announced that Coreel would be taking a break from the Maia Song Contest, for unspecified reasons, and are expected to return for the next edition.
 * - On 18 November 2017, it was announced that Dunwaye would be taking an temporary break from the contest during an undisclosed amount of time. The reasons cited were a lack of interest for the contest in the Dunnish music industry and a history of bad results.
 * - On 13 November 2017, NTV announced that they would not participate in the contest for unspecified reasons, despite initially announcing their intention to return.
 * - On 3 November 2017, it was announced that Santa Del Vana would be permanently withdrawing from the Maia Song Contest, due to scheduling difficulties and issues concerning some of the rules.